“Eva Longoria wanted Federico Cantini to be the DP of her first feature film as director. What big movies had Cantini shot? None, she told the Studio. 

But he had something else to offer: talent, a positive attitude, and the passion to tell the story exactly how it needed to be told. Longoria went to bat for Cantini with Searchlight Pictures until they agreed that he would be a great cinematographer for the film.

Cantini proved them all right.”

 

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